B1🧠 Personality
Italian word
umile
humble, meek, unassuming
Looks like
humble
having a modest or low view of one's importance
⚠️ The trap
True cognate. 'Umile' also historically means 'of low social class' in literary Italian ('la sua umile origine' = his humble origins). Both meanings co-exist.
To say "having a modest or low view of one's importance" in Italian:
umile (true cognate)
"umile" in English means:
humble, meek, unassuming
Example
"Nonostante sia famoso, rimane una persona molto umile."
"Despite being famous, he remains a very humble person."
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